"We will show that as long as there is power, there is corruption. It is like a monitor lizard trying to get into a chicken pen that has about 10 holes to enter through,'' he said.

Kaewsan said there were at least five different types of corruption. The first was corruption in "turnkey" contracts. Projects that suf?fered this included the Klong Dan Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority's "foolish fee", the Airport Link rail line (still being built), and the CTX bomb detectors bought to scan luggage at the new airport.

The second type of corruption was the rigging of specifications. This allegedly took place during the purchase of an underground power cables for Suvarnabhumi Airport and the price collusion that occurred in the purchase of rubber saplings for a scheme by the previ?ous government.

The third method involved the search for large pieces of land used as collateral for bank loans. This occurred with loans extended by Krung Thai Bank.

Another form of corruption was committed via barter deals with multinational businesses, such as the purchase of fire trucks and boats from Austria by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, plus deals paid for with chickens, and loans extended by Exim Bank to Burma.

The fifth method involved the use of "inside information" and concealment of assets.

The Nation